Chapter 13: Marco 2
"The Pentagon? What the hell is that?" Asked Dipper. Kyle smiled and looked over at him.
"The Pentagon is an old relic created by the Mewmins, it's a powerful weapon that can only be wielded by a human who has befriended someone from the Mewmin royal family." He said.
"But why are you telling me? Why not Marco? Wouldn't it be better for Marco to have?" Dipper asked.
"Well yeah, but two things: First of all, Marco can't use it cause he can't manipulate magic. And second, to get the Pentagon, people must go through me." Kyle said.
"Wait, I can't use magic!"
"Well actually, you can Dipper. It's long and complicated but if you will, Jeanne gave you the ability to use magic, well actually I did, but she went down and gave them to baby you. Anyway, your power can't just be used whenever, only when your adrenaline gets insanely increased, example with the Mangon. Do you think a 17 year old boy with just a sword can take down a freaking dragon without some magical properties!? Do you think that you can really endurer falling into a tree and getting clawed with your weak body? No sorry to say little dude, but that's not the case. When you saw Pacifica and Victoria in the clutch of the beast and heard its battle cry, the increase of adrenaline was so extreme that you started to use your magic without knowing. Your increased speed, defense and endurance helped you win. But I will say, you did use your brain, so good on you. And also your use of magic has been increasing, why do you think you can so easily go to the Dream scape or come to my dimension." Kyle explains. Dipper looked down at his hands, looking at them as if they were not his own hands. He also thought back to the fight, he knew Kyle was right, he didn't take the creature down all by himself, he felt something enveloping him as he got deeper into the battle. Dipper didn't know what it was, but now he knows that magic saved him that day. He snapped back to reality, looked over at Kyle and asked:
"So what does the Pentagon do? And why do I need it? And why now?"
"Well as you know, Bill is gonna rise soon, in about 3 days and although your grand uncle Stanford knows how to defeat him, Sadly it's not enough to take him down. So that's why I'm suggesting the Pentagon. And the Pentagon's a magical sword, but to summon it, you need to get its 5 sides and unit them, once that's done, you can summon the Pentagon as you wish. The blade is a powerful weapon that essential controls everything. Why does such a weapon exist? Who the heck knows. Anyway the five pieces are held with five different people who you see differently, One piece is with the girl who you adore, another is with the one who has harmed the one you adore, the third is with one who adores you, one is with someone who's adored you, and the last is with someone who's adored your closest friend." He said.
"Okay sounds easy enough, get the 5 pieces, bring them together and summon the sword, just one question, where do I find the pieces?" Dipper asked.
"Well the first piece is held by Jackie Lynn Thomas."
"Wait, seriously?"
"Yeah, weird and very convenient right. What a shock. I totally didn't see this coming." Kyle said sarcastically.
"So I should be heading over to Jackie's to get the 1st side." Dipper said.
"Alright, go." Kyle said while opening a portal through spacetime for Dipper. After Dipper left. Kyle said:
"This timeline sucks, all the events are happening five years after the original, plus Dipper has magic powers. This is so stupid, but I do think it's quite interesting. Let's see what happens."
So once Dipper's soul returned to Echo creek, he was woken up by Pacifica who was squatting next to him as if she was inspecting his face. Dipper looked up at Pacifica and smiled, he slowly got up and said:
"I have something I need to get before I head back, it'll take a few minutes." Pacifica didn't say anything, she just walked over to the couch and sat down.
"That means take your time." Star said. Dipper nodded then looked over at Marco and asked:
"Can I use your help? I can't get it without you."
"Sure whatever, your problems are mine and my problems are yours." He replied. Dipper smiled and started walking out the front door.
"So what should we do while waiting?" Asked Pacifica.
"We can go on a girls day out!" Star replied.
"I'd never turn down a girls day out, but who knows how long they'll take."
"Ah come on, let's just go out even for about 15 minutes. It'll be fun!" She exclaimed.
"It would be more of a girls few minutes out, but who cares, let's go!" So Dipper and Marco were walking outside, heading into town when suddenly Marco asked Dipper what they were doing:
"Well we're looking for Jackie. She's got something I need." He replied. Marco laughed and looked at Dipper, he thought that Dipper was joking. Dipper didn't say anything else, so Marco understood that he wasn't kidding.
"What the hell does she have that you absolutely need!?" He asked.
"Something, i don't know what exactly, but when I see it, I'll know." Dipper said.
"Whatever, i trust you. As long as I don't have to talk to her." He exclaimed.
"Well besides the simple hello of politeness, you won't need to."
"Well alright then." Marco said with a smile. The two continued looking for her for about 30 minutes and finally, they spotted Jackie at the café. Dipper starts walking over to her, Marco follows right behind him but when he saw her, he started to get nervous, he starts to hesitate. Marco began to think back to when he was in love with Jackie, to all the good and bad things that happened when he was around her, to their date on the night of the school dance, to the night where Star proclaimed her love for him, to what happened before he left for Mewni, to before leaving Jackie. With all these old memories flooding his mind, he couldn't think straight, he became confused, thinking if it was the right thing to leave Jackie, if Star was the right choice for him, if he even deserved any form of forgiveness from Jackie or if he even deserved Star at all. This led him to think to the battle in Mewni, when he thought Star was truly dead and let out all his rage in one punch. Marco stopped walking, Dipper saw that he stopped and turned to check up on him. Marco smiled and turned away, he started walking away. Dipper knew what Marco was going through, so he left him alone, but as Marco was walking away with all those memories rushing back to his head, one imagine marked him the most: the blood moon on the night out with Jackie. He felt tears rushing down his cheek, but he didn't wipe them, Marco continued to smiled, walking away and decided to go home. Dipper turned towards Jackie and walked up to her. He looked at her thinking about what the first piece of the Pentagon could possibly be, but suddenly he felt something she had on her calling to him.
"Hey Jackie, how are you?" He said. She turned to him and after realizing it was Dipper, she got up from her chair.
"Yo Dipper, I'm good, how about you?"
"Yeah I'm fine."
"So I can see you're no longer in your dress." She said while giggling.
"Yeah, Marco lent me some clothes."
"Well that's good. So what you doing in town now? You're not with Diaz?"
"Well I needed to talk to you about something."
"Oh, what is it?"
"Well could I borrow your earring for a while?" Jackie looked at him perplexingly, but after about two seconds, she grinned.
"That's fine, but on one condition."
"Sure anything." He said.
"I want a picture of you in your pretty dress."
"Okay, I guess that fine. I'll send it as soon as possible." So Dipper and Jackie exchanged phone numbers and Jackie handed him her earring.
"Alright, but I also want you to call me." She said. Dipper started to get perplexed with the phone call request, but he didn't care much about that, he was glad he got the first piece that he needed.
"Well I have to head back to Marco's, I'll see you soon." He said while walking away.
"Sure and don't forget, photo and phone call." She replied.
"I won't." Dipper was walking towards Marco's place, looking at the earring he had just got from Jackie. He felt something unnatural coming from the earring, Dipper tried concentrating his mind and tried using his magic on it. And suddenly, somehow, his mind connected to the earring and he saw something. Dipper caught a few glimpses of two swords crossing, of him and another person locked in a duel, he also saw Mabel in tears while on her knees and an old gold key on a necklace which was situated in a small old brown chest somewhere in the attic of the house of someone in Gravity Falls. Dipper snapped out of the trance and looked at the earring, he tried to make sense of what he saw, the blades, him and another man in a duel, Mabel crying and the key. He had never seen these images before but for some reason, it felt familiar to him. And suddenly, Dipper hear a voice whispering to him:
"Dipper, we need to talk. Come to the Dream scape." Dipper rolled his eyes. When he got back to Marco's house, he looked around for Pacifica and Star, but none of them were home. He went up to Marco's room to ask where they were. Marco was laying on his bed, reading a book.
"Hey Marco, where are the girls?" Dipper asked. Without looking away from his book, he replied by saying:
"No sure, but knowing Star, she probably took Pacifica out for a short inter dimensional adventure. The reason I say inter dimensional is because she took my dimensional scissors."
"I guess that makes sense, and knowing Pacifica, she never turns down a girls day out." Dipper said.
"Haha yeah."
"Hey Marco, do you feel any better than from earlier? Cause I knew you were not at your best." He asked. Marco sighed, put his book down, looked at Dipper and explained what was going on:
"It's just that, I feel terrible about how it ended with Jackie, plus I'm not sure if I'm the best person for Star. Should I even be able to date someone after what I did to Jackie, none the less, date Star!? It's stupid I know, but after seeing Jackie today, I've started to question myself. But not just that, I thought back to the battle on Mewmi and I don't know if I safe to be kept around Star. I mean, I literally punched a hole through a monster's heart because I thought she was dead." Dipper when over to Marco, sat down next to him and said:
"Don't feel bad about what happened with Jackie, that's in the past, also you the best possible person for Star, you understand her, know how to calm her, make her smile and keep her from blowing up everything she touches. Also for your rage, it's completely justified, although I am impressed that you literally punched through the heart of a monster! But anyway, it's not stupid to think of these things, it's human. But just remember one thing, it's not mistake that hold us back, it's having regrets."
"Thanks Pines, I needed that."
"No problem dude, I'm here for you through thick and thin. Also I have a question for you, do you know a guy named Kyle?"
"Nah never, why?"
"Long story, but he knows Star, maybe ask her if she knows him."
"Sure, I'll do that. Anyway, I'm gonna make dinner for Star, I'm sure she'll be back in about 30 minutes. You want to stay for dinner? I sure my parents won't mind, plus Star would love to spend more time with you and Pacifica." Asked Marco.
"Well probably, I'll have to see what P wants to do." He replied.
"Alright I'm heading down." So Marco got up from his bed and went downstairs to start cooking, meanwhile Dipper thought it would be the perfect time to take a nap so he can chat with Bill. So he laid down, closed his eyes and after about 3 minutes, fell asleep.
As he arrived in the Dream scape, he saw to people laughing in the distance. They were the same two people he saw just before going to Pacifica's mansion when he got threatened by her father. Dipper took a step closer, one of them turned toward him, grinned and waved. Dipper hesitantly waved back. The person starting to walk towards him, but just then, Bill appeared next to Dipper.
"So how's it hanging Pine tree?" Bill asked.
"So that's what you say after lying to me about the VELEP bullshit!?"
"Oh come on kid, calm down. Sure I lied, but with good intentions."
"Oh yeah sure, cause you care so much." He said sarcastically.
"Oh pine tree, you don't get it do you? You think Kyle has the best intentions? Just cause he told you about your magic and cause his wife is your time angel? Kid it's better you forget the whole Pentagon thing, it would be safer for you and your loved ones."
"Yeah, well at least he knew about my power!" Dipper claimed.
"Really? You didn't think I knew about your potential? Pine tree, why do you think you can easily access the Dream scape?"
"Okay whatever Bill, why should I even believe anything you have to say to me? All you are is a power hungry demon who adores manipulating humans."
"Ouch kid, I may not have pain receptors, but that hurt. Is that how you see me?"
"Well honestly, you're not the best at hiding your true intentions and goals."
"You know what pines, I'll show you that I can help, that I care about you. The next piece of your beloved Pentagon is with Lucy." Bill said while accentuating the 'beloved Pentagon' with sarcasm.
"Ah thanks, I guess. Anyway is there a particular reason why you wanted to talk to me?" Dipper asked.
"Well to be frank, I wanted to say from here on out, we're enemies."
"Wow really since when?" He said sarcastically.
"Joke all you want, but up until now, I was helping you, the tips about the date with Victoria, the battle with the Mangon and literally a few seconds ago with the next piece of the weapon that can kill me! But from now, I can't help you. He won't accept it."
"Wait, He? Who's this he?"
"Sorry Kid, I can't say, I just wish you luck and if we ever fight, I'll turn your eyes into snakes, swap your limbs around and remove all the skin, muscles and fat from your torso till there's just bone. Then I'll continue to play with your organs and replacing each blood cell with a drop of liquid mercury."
"That was a little graphic."
"Well that's how it would turn out, remember I'm a demon who tortures people when I'm bored."
"Hey before I go, can you tell me who those two people are?" Dipper asked.
"Ah yeah, that's me back when I was human and my sister."
Wait wait what! You were human!?"
"Well yeah, what, did you think I was always a demon from the 2D dimension?"
"Well honestly, yeah."
"Wow, Kid I thought you were smart. Anyway, it's time for you to go."
"Well I guess this is good bye. See you Bill."
"Don't worry pine tree, we'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when, oh I know we'll meet again some sunny day." Dipper started to fade away and before he completely disappeared, he looked over at Bill and gave him a finally smile. Bill replied with a wink and in the distance, Dipper saw Bill's human body waving to him.
When he awoke, Dipper realized an hour had passed. He quickly got up and ran downstairs to see if the girls were back. When he got to the bottom of the stairs, he saw Pacifica and Star chatting in the living room while Marco was cooking dinner.
"Hey, so how was your little girl time out?" He asked.
"It was lots of fun, I got to see what Mewni looks like, we chilled at the bounce lounge, we had fun." Said Pacifica.
"Sounds great." Dipper replied while giving a thumbs up.
"Hey, Marco asked if we wanted to stay for dinner, I really want to eat here tonight. Can we?" Pacifica asked.
"Ah I don't mind, but once we're done, we should leave, the longer we stay, the worse it will be when we go back."
"Alright, that sounds fair." So Dipper went into the kitchen to tell Marco that they will be eating with them. Marco replied with a simple nod. When the meal was ready, everyone went to sit at the table. On one side, Star was sitting between Pacifica and Marco while on the other side, Dipper was sitting next to Rafael, Marco's father who was seated next to his wife. They eat, laughed, reminisced about the good times Marco and Dipper had together and the Diazs told stories from Marco youth and how he was wearing the same hoody from the age of 11. But during the dinner, Pacifica wasn't listening, she was lost in thought. She was staring at her food, thinking back to the time out she spent with Star, they were at the bounce lounge chilling and chatting, and when they were talking, Star asked her a question that was still stuck in her head:
"You like Dipper, don't you? I'm almost certain you do!" Pacifica answered by saying that she never really thought about it so she was unsure. But the more she thought about it, the more she realized that there was something there.
"Well I can see why girls would be interested in him. He is funny, smart. He's a good listener, is a bit clumsy and quirky but it's cute. He's calm under pressure, surprisingly he knows how to dance. He's quite handsome and, ah well I guess Star was right." A strong feeling arose within her. It was warm, intense, wonderful, passionate, but it also brought uneasiness to her. She couldn't look at him in the eyes or without smiling and blushing, so she looked down at the plate. Every time Dipper would ask her a question, she would smile to herself, then proceeded to answer the question normally. Once the meal was over, Dipper and Pacifica proceeded to get all their stuff before leaving Echo creek. When they were done, they went to the living room to say their goodbyes.
"Bye Dipper, good luck! I'm glad we met!" Star yelled out while hugging him.
"Thanks, and im also glad we met." He said while hugging her back.
"Well, see ya P. And also hang in there, I still remember what you wanted back at Dipper's Party." Marco said with a grin.
"Yeah yeah, whatever. Later Marco." She said simply.
"Bye Pacifica, I hope I get to see you again!" Star cried out as she hugged Pacifica.
"Oh of course we'll see each other again!" She shouted out.
"See you soon bro." Marco said while fist bumping Dipper.
"Yeah, Till we meet again Diaz." He replied. Dipper got out his dimensional scissors and cut open a rift. Before entering, Pacifica and Dipper looked back at Star and Marco, none of them said a word. Dipper smiled and walked through the rift, Pacifica looked at Dipper, then followed closely after. When the rift finally closed, Marco and Star looked at each other.
"You saw that right?" Star asked.
"Of course, I'm not blind. P's got it bad." He said.
"Well I'm gonna head to bed. Night Marco."
"Star wait, do you someone with the name Kyle?" Marco asked.
"That name does sound familiar, but no, I haven't." She said.
"It sounds familiar?"
"Yeah, it was the name my parents were going give me if I were a boy or if I had a brother."
When they got back to Gravity Falls, it was nine in the morning the following day of the Diana fiasco. Dipper and Pacifica landed in the forest where they fought the Mangon.
"Wow I guess that time is different between the two dimensions, when I left here it was late evening and when I arrived at Echo creek, it was early afternoon. And now we left at about 10pm and arrived here at about 9am."
"Anyway I'm glad we're back, but what do we do first?" Pacifica asked with a smile on her face.
"I'm going home, no questions asked. Mabel, Stan and Ford must be worried sick." Dipper said while walking.
"I'll come with you, I don't really want to go home anyway." She said. Pacifica followed closely behind him, she was always two steps behind him. She was constantly looking at his shoes to make sure she was following him. Dipper turned back to her and asked:
"Are you alright? You were acting a bit weird back at dinner and now you're walking behind me. Are you mad at me?"
"What! Why would I be mad? I'm fine."
"Are you sure? You haven't threatened to hurt me within the past few hours."
"Yeah I'm sure, if you ask again I will punch you." Dipper laughed and said:
"There's the Pacifica I know." P replied by giggling. The two continued chatting till they got to the Mystery shack. Dipper told Pacifica that he didn't want Stan to see them, so they would have to sneak in. They stood at the front door, Dipper placed one hand on the doorknob and the other on his mouth showing the be quiet sight. Pacifica nodded and stood behind him, Dipper slowly opened the door and tiptoed in to house. He saw the coast was clear, he looked at P and she tiptoed into the shack. The two started quietly going up the stairs when suddenly, Stan's voice came from the living room saying:
"You know that you're supposed to sneak your date home the evening, not the morning after." Dipper rolled his eyes and said:
"Hey grunkle Stan, how was your night?"
"That's what I should be asking you. Both of you, come here." So Pacifica and Dipper went to the living room. Stan was sitting on his couch, hands crossed and beer in one hand. He took a sip, put the can on the side table next to him, turned off the TV, looked up at Dipper and said:
"You stayed out past midnight, no call or anything and come home out of the blue at 9am. Not bad kid, you are a typical teen. Go do whatever you were gonna do, but never do this again and go tell Mabel you're back, cause she's super worried."
"Wow, I didn't suspect that. Thanks Stan." He replied. Both of them left the room and went upstairs. Stan turned the TV back on, grabbed his beer and said:
"That kid is finally living a bit more." As Dipper and Pacifica made their way up to the attic, they started to faintly hear singing coming from the twin's room, Mabel and another girl were singing. Not Dipper nor Pacifica could identify who was with Mabel, but they heard phrases like: 'Are you ready for a perfect storm' or 'there's no going back.' The two got to the top of the stairs and were standing in front of the bedroom door, Dipper hesitantly opened the door. Mabel looked over at the door that was creeping open, ran to it and flung it open. Pacifica and Dipper stood there, silent, they were shocked to see who else was in the room with Mabel.
End of Chapter 13: Marco 2
Who is the mystery girl with Mabel, is it someone we know? Are they important to the story? Found out next time!
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